Redwire

{{Cleanup press release|date=April 2023}}{{Short description|American public aerospace developer and manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Redwire Corporation

| logo = Redwire logo.svg

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{nyse|RDW}}

| founder =

| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Peter Cannito (Chairman and CEO)|Andrew Rush (COO)|Jonathan Baliff (CFO)|Al Tadros (CTO)}}

| industry = Aerospace industry

| products =

| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|138 million|link=yes}} (2021)

| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-70 million}} (2021)

| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-62 million}} (2021)

| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|262 million}} (2021)

| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|107 million}} (2021)

| num_employees = 606 (December 2021)

| parent =

| subsid = {{unbulleted list|Adcole Space|Deep Space Systems|Deployable Space Systems|LoadPath|Made In Space, Inc.|Oakman Aerospace|Roccor}}

| homepage = {{url|https://redwirespace.com/}}

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000025/rdw-20211231.htm |title=Redwire Corp. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=13 May 2022 |website=SEC.gov |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}}

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2020|6|1}}

| location = Jacksonville, Florida, United States

}}

Redwire Corporation is an American aerospace manufacturer and space infrastructure technology company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The company was formed on June 1, 2020, by the private equity firm AE Industrial Partners and went public in January 2021.{{cite news|last=Werner

|first= Debra|date=2021-03-24|title=Space M&A boom appears right on time|url=https://spacenews.com/space-ma-boom-appears-right-on-time/|publisher=SpaceNews|access-date=2021-03-25}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-17 |title=Redwire founding firm to again become company’s majority owner |url=https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2025/apr/17/redwire-founding-firm-to-again-become-companys-majority-owner/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Jax Daily Record |language=en}}

History

Formed on June 1, 2020, by AE Industrial Partners, Redwire was initially created through the merger of Adcole Space and Deep Space Systems.{{cite web |title=AE Industrial Partners Acquires Deep Space Systems |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ae-industrial-partners-acquires-deep-space-systems-301068610.html |publisher=PRNewwire |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=1 June 2020}} Shortly after formation, on June 24, 2020, Redwire acquired Jacksonville, Florida-based Made In Space, Inc. The addition of Made in Space added 3D printing to the company's portfolio.{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2020/06/23/made-in-space-acquired-by.html|title=Made in Space acquired by private equity firm|publisher=Jacksonville Business Journal|date=2020-06-23|access-date=2020-06-30}} On September 15, 2020, Redwire announced that it was moving its headquarters to Jacksonville.{{cite news |title=Space conglomerate Redwire moving headquarters to Jacksonville |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2020/09/15/redwire-moving-headquarters-jacksonville.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Jacksonville Business Journal |date=15 September 2020}}

Longmont, Colorado-based Roccor was acquired by Redwire on October 29, 2020. The acquisition added capabilities in the manufacturing of solar panels, antennas, and deployable booms.{{cite press release|title=Redwire Acquires Roccor, A Manufacturer Of Critical Systems For The Satellite Industry|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/redwire-acquires-roccor-a-manufacturer-of-critical-systems-for-the-satellite-industry-301162622.html|publisher=PRNewswire|date=2020-09-29|access-date=2021-03-25}} The payload launch technology maker, LoadPath, was acquired on December 15, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Rivers |first1=Brenda |title=Redwire Buys Payload Launch Tech Maker LoadPath |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2020/12/redwire-buys-payload-launch-tech-maker-loadpath/ |publisher=GovConWire |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=5 December 2020}} Redwire acquired Littleton, Colorado-based Oakman Aerospace on January 19, 2021.{{cite web |last1=Werner |first1=Debra |title=Redwire acquires Oakman Aerospace |url=https://spacenews.com/redwire-acquires-oakman-aerospace/ |website=spacenews.com |publisher=Space News |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=19 January 2021}} Deployable Space Systems was acquired by on February 23, 2021, adding Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA) capabilities to Redwire's portfolio.{{cite web |last1=Werner |first1=Debra |title=Redwire Acquires Deployable Space Systems |url=https://spacenews.com/redwire-acquires-deployable-space-systems/ |website=spacenews.com |publisher=Space News |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=23 February 2021}}

Redwire announced on March 25, 2021 its intentions to go public through a merger with the SPAC Genesis Park Acquisition Corp., valuing the company at US$615 million.{{cite news|last=Foust|first=Jeff|date=2021-03-25|title=Redwire to go public through a SPAC merger |url=https://spacenews.com/redwire-to-go-public-through-a-spac-merger/|publisher=SpaceNews|access-date=2021-03-25}}{{cite web |last1=Sheetz |first1=Michael |title=Space infrastructure conglomerate Redwire to go public via a SPAC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/redwire-space-going-public-via-a-spac-after-year-of-acquisitions.html |website=cnbc.com |publisher=CNBC |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=25 March 2021}}

On January 22, 2025, Redwire announced the acquisition of Edge Autonomy, a drone manufacturer specializing in defense capabilities. The deal is a shift for Redwire with more focus into defense markets, in which drone warfare will align with satellite capabilities.{{Cite web |last=Erwin |first=Sandra |date=2025-01-21 |title=Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge Autonomy |url=https://spacenews.com/redwire-expands-into-defense-with-925-million-purchase-of-edge-autonomy/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}

Operations

Redwire and subsidiaries operate throughout the United States, with locations in Florida, Colorado, California, Alabama, Massachusetts, Indiana and New Mexico. The company consists of the following subsidiaries:

= Adcole Space =

Adcole Space, a former component of Adcole Corporation, specializes in the design, manufacturing, integration and testing of spacecraft components for application in the commercial, research and military sectors. Located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Adcole Space focuses on high performance, high reliability Sun sensors and other spacecraft components.{{cite web |title=About - Adcole Space |url=https://adcolespace.com/about/ |website=adcolespace.com |publisher=Adcole Space |access-date=24 May 2021}}

= Deep Space Systems =

Based in Littleton, Colorado, Deep Space Systems (DSS) is focused on systems engineering, spacecraft design, development, integration and testing, deep space mission operations, and high-definition space-qualified cameras. DSS was incorporated in 2001, and was a founding component of Redwire, after its merger on June 1, 2020 with Adcole Space.{{cite web |title=About - Deep Space Systems |url=https://www.deepspacesystems.com/about |website=deepspacesystems.com |publisher=Deep Space Systems |access-date=24 May 2021}} DSS is considered a "main contractor" for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, and can sub-contract projects to other companies of their choice.[https://www.nasa.gov/content/draft-concepts-for-commercial-lunar-landers Draft Concepts for Commercial Lunar Landers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801035337/https://www.nasa.gov/content/draft-concepts-for-commercial-lunar-landers/ |date=2020-08-01 }}. NASA, CLPS. Accessed on 12 December 2018 DSS is also working on a lander concept focused on scouting south polar lunar resources.Lunar Resource Prospecting. S. A. Bailey. Abstract presented at the "Lunar ISRU 2019: Developing a New Space Economy Through Lunar Resources and Their Utilization". July 15-17, 2019, Columbia, Maryland

= Deployable Space Systems =

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Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSSI) specializes in the development of deployable technologies for space applications. Located in Goleta, California, DSSI designs, analyzes, builds, tests and delivers deployable solar arrays, deployable structures and space system products.{{Cite web |title=AE Industrial Partners Acquires Deep Space Systems and Combines with Adcole Space to Form Redwire – SatNews |url=https://news.satnews.com/2020/06/02/ae-industrial-partners-acquires-deep-space-systems-and-combines-with-adcole-space-to-form-redwire/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=news.satnews.com}} Product and research areas include deployable solar array systems, rigid panel, flexible blanket, and concentrator systems with crystalline or thin film photovoltaic deployable structural/mechanical systems, articulated structures, open-lattice structures, booms, elastic deployable structures, roll-out booms, deployable reflectors, deployable occulters, sun shades, subsystems, high efficiency photovoltaic flexible and rigid blanket/panel assemblies (with photovoltaic partners), launch restraint release systems, mechanisms and actuators.{{cite web |title=About: Company Profile |url=https://dss-space.com/about-company-profile |publisher=Deployable Space Systems |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Hennessy |first=Sean |date=2021-02-23 |title=Redwire Acquires Deployable Space Systems (DSS), a Leading Supplier of Space Mission-Enabling Deployable Solar Arrays, Structures and Mechanisms |url=https://www.aeroequity.com/redwire-acquires-deployable-space-systems-dss-a-leading-supplier-of-space-mission-enabling-deployable-solar-arrays-structures-and-mechanisms/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=AE Industrial Partners, LP |language=en-US}}

= LoadPath =

Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, LoadPath specializes in mechanical, structural, and thermal technologies for satellite and space launch applications.{{Cite web |last=Biesecker |first=Cal |date=2020-12-15 |title=Redwire Acquires Space Technology Company LoadPath |url=https://www.defensedaily.com/redwire-acquires-space-technology-company-loadpath/business-financial/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Defense Daily |language=en-US}} Unique capabilities include space mechanisms, multi-payload launch adapters, structural testing, deployable composite booms, deployable space structures, R&D engineering, spacecraft thermal management components, and thermal analysis. LoadPath is controlled by an AS9100 certified quality management system.{{cite web |title=About - LoadPath |url=https://www.loadpath.com/about-us/ |website=load path.com |publisher=LoadPath |access-date=24 May 2021}}

= Made In Space, Inc. =

Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Made In Space specializes in the development and manufacturing of three-dimensional printers for use in microgravity. The company was founded in August 2010 by Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn, Mike Chen, and Michael Snyder.{{Cite web |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |date=2020-06-23 |title=In-space additive manufacturing startup Made In Space acquired by Redwire |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/23/in-space-additive-manufacturing-startup-made-in-space-acquired-by-redwire/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}} Made in Space has a general focus on manufacturing technologies that support exploration, national security, and sustainable space settlement.{{cite web |title=About - Made in Space |url=https://madeinspace.us/about/ |website=madeinspace.com |publisher=Made in Space |access-date=24 May 2021}}

= Oakman Aerospace =

Based in Littleton, Colorado, Oakman Aerospace, Inc. was co-founded by Stanley Oakman Kennedy, Jr., Maureen S. O’Brien, and Stanley Oakman Kennedy, Sr. in July 2012.{{Cite web |last=Biesecker |first=Cal |date=2021-01-19 |title=Redwire Acquires Spacecraft Engineering Firm Oakman Aerospace |url=https://www.defensedaily.com/redwire-acquires-spacecraft-engineering-firm-oakman-aerospace/space/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Defense Daily |language=en-US}} The Littleton facility has approximately 11,300 square feet of test laboratory and office space, which includes 1,000 square feet of engineering laboratory space, several test areas, and modular test stations. OAI has the capability and capacity to simultaneously design, assemble, integrate, and test programs or perform multiple technology test and evaluation efforts. OAI laboratory space has the ability to host flight components using clean room level laminar flow benches with individual temperature and humidity controls. Oakman is building a satellite ground station with 5.5 m dish at Chippewa County International Airport.{{cite news|last=Worsham|first=Taylor|date=2020-09-16|title=Ground station to be built in Kinross |url=https://www.sooeveningnews.com/story/news/2020/09/16/ground-station-to-be-built-in-kinross/42841431/|publisher=The Sault News|access-date=2021-03-25}}

= Roccor =

Based in Longmont, Colorado, Roccor is a manufacturer of solar panels, antennas, and deployable booms. Launched on May 5, 2010, by founder Will Francis, its acquisition by Redwire was announced on October 29, 2020.{{cite press release|title=Redwire Acquires Roccor, A Manufacturer Of Critical Systems For The Satellite Industry|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/redwire-acquires-roccor-a-manufacturer-of-critical-systems-for-the-satellite-industry-301162622.html|publisher=PRNewswire|date=2020-09-29|access-date=2021-03-25}}

= QinetiQ Space NV =

In October 2022, Redwire acquired Belgium-based satellite design and development company QinetiQ Space NV for £28m.{{Cite web |last=Jewett |first=Rachel |date=2022-10-03 |title=Redwire to Acquire Belgian Firm QinetiQ Space NV |url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2022/10/03/redwire-to-acquire-belgian-firm-qinetiq-space-nv/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Via Satellite |language=en-US}} Prior to the acquisition, QinetiQ Space NV had worked with civil and commercial space agency's such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO).{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Alun |date=2022-10-05 |title=QinetiQ sells small satellites specialist Space NV to Redwire |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/qinetiq-sells-small-satellites-specialist-space-nv-to-redwire-2022-10/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Electronics Weekly |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Redwire Completes Acquisition of QinetiQ Space NV and $80 Million Financing from Bain Capital and AE Industrial Partners |url=https://redwirespace.com/newsroom/redwire-completes-acquisition-of-qinetiq-space-nv-and-80-million-financing-from-bain-capital-and-ae-industrial-partners/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=redwirespace.com |language=en}}